Attention Skiers! We now have a new option to stay at Vail using rewards. This past winter, the DoubleTree by Hilton Vail opened less than two miles from Vail Mountain and it looks really nice in the pics! The hotel has a free shuttle service to the mountain, an onsite ski rental shop, an outdoor heated pool […]
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It’s Senior Year!-A Last College Spring Break Trip To Vegas (And We Fit All Our Shoes)
By Alexa B. and Sara G. After a much discussed topic about where we should venture for our senior year college spring break, a unanimous decision was made that Las Vegas would be our destination. The next steps flew by. We booked through Expedia and got round trip flights and a hotel package for 4 […]
Another Year, Another Meet, And Another $1500 Saved For St. Pete 2019!
I have a bunch of World Of Hyatt points sitting in my account from recently getting the Chase Hyatt Visa card with its 40,000 point bonus. Like this past year, I am using these points for our stay at the Hyatt Place in St. Petersburg, FL for Jessie’s 2019 swim meet. I used 5,000 points per night for […]
Go West Young Men….And Mom and Dad Too
By Jodi Lichtenstein. In an effort to try something new my family of four decided to veer off track and take a family road trip. On our typical vacations you will find us stateside on a beach in Florida or on our family favorite, a cruise. Within our family unit our definition of “vacation” varies […]
I Have Outdone Even Myself! I Am Saving $26,700 On Our Stay Next Winter In Aspen
This is not a typo! I am saving $26,000 on our stay in Aspen next winter. I have been searching and scrounging and transferring since the beginning of the year. I have depleted my Chase Ultimate Rewards balance, my Marriott Rewards balance and my SPG balance. I have converted all of the options from my Starwood […]
Summer Trip To Aspen And A Savings Of $2,000
Rob and I are Aspen bound this summer for one of many trips for my 50th birthday. Although we will likely pay for the hotel, (we want to stay at The Little Nell and I do not have enough Chase Ultimate Rewards or American Express Membership Rewards to book with those), we are not paying […]
#SkiUtah
Having gotten just a taste of Park City and the Canyons last MLK weekend, I knew I wanted to come back for a longer stay. I enticed my family (who don’t like to repeat mountains) to return to the area with the promise of day trips to Alta and Snowbird, two close by mountains they […]
Palmetto Bluff With The Oldest Of Friends-Old Not In The Good Way :-)
I am heading back to Palmetto Bluff, SC for a long and luxurious weekend with 6 of my BFFs from high school. We are all turning 50 this year-ahh! We are set with a place to stay as one of my fortunate friends owns a home in this beautiful waterfront golf community. However, I still […]
Savings Of $700 For Our Swim Meet Stay In St. Pete At Hyatt
I have had about 12,000 World Of Hyatt points sitting in my account for a long time. I usually don’t gravitate towards Hyatt when I am booking hotels and looking for reward stays. However, that will likely change as I just got the Chase Hyatt Visa card! Regardless, I used 10,000 of these 12,000 points […]
Another Year, Another Florida Swim Meet, And Another Free Flight-$880 Saved!
Jessie and I once again are heading to St. Petersburg, FL in 2018. We used Chase Ultimate Rewards points for our flights but I used them out of 2 accounts. I have been using lots of Chase Ultimate Rewards points lately like for Amsterdam coming up this December and for our stay in the Canyons for next […]